I stopped using the cotton wrapped polyester years ago, as my then-new Bernina didn't like it. (It went through the top okay, but always seemed to gum up the bobbin.) At that time, I switched to the long-staple European-made threads made by Guttermann and Mettler. I've always found them satisfactory--the only caveat is, I find it harder to tie a twist knot in the end--I attribute that to the fact that they are intrinsically anti-twist and snag.
I know some people tend to look down their noses at these threads, but I have been using them for years now and am very pleased. The color selection is good, although once in a while, I come up short. Ann Wass -----Original Message----- From: Marjorie Wilser <the3t...@gmail.com> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> Sent: Thu, May 17, 2012 11:12 am Subject: [h-cost] Thread- reluctant switcher needs suggestions My favorite thread has been discontinued without so much as a peep. I m preternaturally p.o'd at the venerable Coats & Clark, but now I eed to switch threads. My old favorite was the sometimes deingrated Coats & Clark cotton- rapped polyester. It had the shine of cotton and the strength of olyester. Coats is now producing it under the same name but it's all olyester. Ideas? I know some folks out there are thread snobs, but I just want omething that's (a) available!! and (b) will hold up. A little (c) ffordability and (d) good color range wouldn't hurt either. A basic, orkhorse thread!! Second question: how do you match thread to fabric if you can't ctually *compare* them in a store? ==Marjorie Wilser @..@ @..@ @..@ hree Toad Press ttp://3toad.blogspot.com/ ______________________________________________ -costume mailing list -cost...@mail.indra.com ttp://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
